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Luther Cadillac Project Staff Report April 12. 2022 Gem Lake Planning Commission Page 5 • The.plight of the landowner is due tocircumstances unique to the property not created by the landowner • The variance, if granted, will riot alter the essential character of the locality • Economic considerations alone do riot constitute practical difficulties • Practical difficulties include, but are not limited to, inadequate access .to direct sunlight for solar energy systerns Section 17.4.2(B) notes that when reviewing variances; that the city. -shall also consider the following: Adjacent Uses a Air and Water Quality a Traffic Generations Public Safety. and Health • Area Aesthetics • Economic Impact.on the Entire -Area Consistency with the Comprehensive Plan Subdivision Criteria Due to the request only involving splitting land off an existing lot and creating new right-of-way, the request is able to be reviewed as a Minor Subdivision. The Minor Subdivision allows a more streamlined process than a Major Subdivision, due to the scope. of a. Minor Subdivision being smaller. Included in the. submittal is .a plat for the subdivision. A Minor Subdivision must be recorded with. the .County Register of Deeds within 60 days of approval by the City Council, or the approval would. be void. EVALUATION OF REQUEST Below is. the Planner's findings in. regards to .the criteria for this request, with the criteria. in italics. The Planning Commission s.houId discuss.whether the. find ings are met for approval, or if there are criteria that. are not met. CUP Criteria :Section 17.5.2{A} fj Adjacent.Uses Theproposed use would be for parking as part of an automotive dealership use, which is a. permitted use in this zoning district due to the use being permitted in the adjacent municipality. The: proposed parking lot should not impact the use of neighborino properties: A condition could beto include additional screening and landscape plantings along the north side of the site, if there. is concern with a parking lot being adjacent to a currently existing house. 2) Air- and Water Quality The proposed development should: not impact air or water quality,. The site would have to adhere to applicable requirementsfor drainage.from the.city and watershed district. 3) Traffic Generations. The proposed use would generate traffic, though .most traffic would not: be located. withirl.the Gem Lake portion. of the site, The. site would have access. to Highway 61 through a new frontage road that would run south through Vadnais Weights. If the adjacent lots to this; site in Gem Lake are redeveloped, the frontage: road could be. extended north: